Dew, Jary, and associated families of the Norfolk coast; circa 1600s through 1800s

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Probate: William Cozens 1813(0)

December 6, 2009

A transcription of the probate of William Cozens, originally of Cromer, later of Blakeney (father of Jane Cozens Dew)

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Descendants of John Baines & Sarah Murrell

The post about the 1841 Blakeney census led me to revisit the 1837 marriage of Jacob Jary (son of Lane & Anne Southgate Jary) and Sarah Baines, which was witnessed by John Baines and Deborah Baines. Jacob & Sarah Jary had a daughter the following year and named her Deborah, so I figured the name was significant in the Baines family.

A look at the 1841 Blakeney Census

A list of people connected with the Dew & Jary families and enumerated in Blakeney during the 1841 census.

Jemima Jary Dew: a life’s story in seventeen events

Computerised genealogy programs conveniently make timelines of the events we document in our ancestors’ lives. It’s up to us to read between those lines and consider what those times were really like for that person.


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